VesselsItalo-Corinthian6th century BCE

Dish with Confronted Birds

6th century BCE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Italo-Corinthian

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

Diameter 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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